All right I know this topic has been done to death .. What are y’all doing for long term storage ?

[Bud Jones]

So I’m in a situation , not a bad one . I got gifted some packs I can’t necessarily use this year , a few are rare .. I’ve always frozen beans and used rice and desiccant in a duct taped old pill bottle . I’ve had mixed results with this , I’m open to insight on what’s worked well for y’all . Some swear by refrigeration , I’ve heard the fridge has too much moisture . Let’s hear em and thx in advance .

 

[Keyown1]

I place packs in Mason jars with rice or vacuum sealed with rice in the bottom vegetable drawer in fridge

 

[gwheels]

I have a vac sealer. I get them just right and vac seal em and then into large mason jars in the dark....

 

[BigBallzWillie]

In a tupperware, that's in a bag with rice, that's in a tupperware, that's in a bag, that's in a tupperware in a cool, dark, dry spot.

 

[Turpman]

I'm guessing refrigeration or freezing is good but the defrost feature causing temperature fluctuations may not be good.
I have read of people storing Mycelium in the freezer in glycerin and most will put their containers in a container with a bunch of freeze packs to prevent temp. fluctuations. May be the same for seed maybe @Schwaggy P or @HydroRed have some good advice.

I have mine in a jar in the fridge. Most in the packs they came in.

 

[Bud Jones]

I'm guessing refrigeration or freezing is good but the defrost feature causing temperature fluctuations may not be good.
I have read of people storing Mycelium in the freezer in glycerin and most will put their containers in a container with a bunch of freeze packs to prevent temp. fluctuations. May be the same for seed maybe @Schwaggy P or @HydroRed have some good advice.

I have mine in a jar in the fridge. Most in the packs they came in.

Same but I wonder about the balance between overdrying in a fridge with desiccant or having to much moisture in the fridge ya know ?

 

[Turpman]

Ya over drying cant be good.

 

[sandman83]

I place packs in Mason jars with rice or vacuum sealed with rice in the bottom vegetable drawer in fridge

This is my technique, quart size mason jar with 2 dessicant packs in the crisper drawer. Just popped some dinoberry bites, 5/6 in under 24 hours.

 

[Bud Jones]

This is my technique, quart size mason jar with 2 dessicant packs in the crisper drawer. Just popped some dinoberry bites, 5/6 in under 24 hours.

For short term this seems like the universal method . For long term maybe freezing ? Would be interesting to experiment with a control group of throw away beans to find the verdict .. I’m fairly certain this has been done somewhere lol .

 

[sandman83]

For short term this seems like the universal method . For long term maybe freezing ? Would be interesting to experiment with a control group of throw away beans to find the verdict .. I’m fairly certain this has been done somewhere lol .

yeah my long term definitely needs work as my genetics from awhile ago were all dead =( hurt to toss the mosca c99 and reorder. I narrowed it down to a move where the box was left in a 100f garage for 6 months...no wonder they were dead.

 

[ChronicWonders]

Ziplock baggies/freezer bags and large Tupperware/mason jars. Most are sealed breeder packs...but the loose beans are stored with desiccant. I just keep them in a basement room. Stays cool/mostly dark with a low rH.

 

[Bud Jones]

yeah my long term definitely needs work as my genetics from awhile ago were all dead =( hurt to toss the mosca c99 and reorder. I narrowed it down to a move where the box was left in a 100f garage for 6 months...no wonder they were dead.

Ouch ! Sorry for your loss . Hence this thread .. I’ve lost a few over the years as well .

 

[Oreguhnism]

Ive been working on using beeswax. This was an old method for vegetable seeds to be stored at room temp, long term.

Eventually, I really want to build a seed cave, no joke.

 

[Cabl3t3ch]

This is my technique, quart size mason jar with 2 dessicant packs in the crisper drawer. Just popped some dinoberry bites, 5/6 in under 24 hours.

Same here

 

[Cabl3t3ch]

Same here

For storage, got fancy and put hydrometer in jar also

 

[JohnFonda]

I think keeping a good balance and not going overboard on anything will do you best. In a ziplock in room in the house can last many many years. I feel like the viability will only be hurt by extremes and large fluctuations and ovcourse time. Over time anything will degrade and a embryo in a seed whether at 40°f or 70 doesn't seem much different to me. Is there any science behind this?

 

[sfrigon1]

I think keeping a good balance and not going overboard on anything will do you best. In a ziplock in room in the house can last many many years. I feel like the viability will only be hurt by extremes and large fluctuations and ovcourse time. Over time anything will degrade and a embryo in a seed whether at 40°f or 70 doesn't seem much different to me. Is there any science behind this?

Agreed , whether u keep in fridge or like me a cool ,dark dry place . Leave it there . I personally would never refrig but some friends do it and says it works . I just don't like the idea of any fluctuations.

 

[Mellow old School]

Fridge no doubt, bottom shelf, lettuce rack, have had beans germinate after ten years in fridge, large greenhouse facilities use this method also...

 

[sfrigon1]

Fridge no doubt, bottom shelf, lettuce rack, have had beans germinate after ten years in fridge, large greenhouse facilities use this method also...

Absolutely , just don't be taking them out and putting them back in .

 

[Mellow old School]

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